Visitors to Volkswagen’s Autostadt, the museum adjacent to its Wolfsburg factory in Germany, will now find themselves confronted with these grey, blobby forms in the lobby. Is it a sculpture? An ode to Fahrvergnügen? Nope, it’s a playground. For kids.
This crazy playground stucture is shaped like something called a “Klein Bottle,” a mathematical model with only one surface, and no inside or outside. Designed by artist and architect Vito Acconci, it’s going to be coming to a neighborhood in Miami in 2014. More »
This Modular Trampoline Looks Like the Most Fun Way to Break Your Neck [Playgrounds]
Posted in: Today's Chili As far as dangerous playthings go, trampolines rank right up there with lawn darts and three-wheel ATVs. But for whatever reason they’ve managed to avoid banishment, at least until this questionable modular trampoline system starts spraining ankles and snapping wrists. More »
Double-Helix Tower will be an Observation Deck Now, a Playground Later [Design]
Posted in: Today's Chili It’s easy to understand why the town of Järfälla, Sweden, chose Tham & Videgård‘s Double-Helix Tower as the winning design in a competition held to select an observation deck from which to watch the progress of on the Barkarbystaden urban development project, just west of Stockholm. More »